n. 25B6; adjective
a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky.
a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, poor, mean, inadequate, insufficient, paltry, deficient, insubstantial.
lean times : UNPRODUCTIVE, unfruitful, arid, barren; hard, bad, difficult, tough, impoverished, poverty-stricken.
fat, abundant, prosperous.